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Re: Jump.cgi / Firefox Question
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lugnet.admin.general
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Date:
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Tue, 25 Jul 2006 00:58:22 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Dan Boger wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 11:23:49PM +0000, Janey Cook wrote:
> > When I want to save a direct link using "save link as" (for example -
> > someone's posted .mov) from a post on Lugnet while using Firefox as my
> > browser I'm prompted with a download titled jump.cgi which of course
> > is not the movie file I'm attempting to download.
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> Actually, it IS downloading the movie, just suggesting the wrong
> filename.
Hmmm, well I didnt realise that because even when I have changed the file to the
right name, my machine cant/wont play it. Maybe I am missing something when it
comes to being able to change the extention. Geek is greek to me!
snipped
> Maybe we could even
> implement it as an apache redirect so that the .cgi wouldn't even need
> to be spawned.
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> We shall see.
Well thanks for addressing this Dan, and if it can be changed without much
effort, great, if not, dont bother, I was mostly just curious and confused (but
that happens often, wink)
Thanks,
Janey "Red Brick"
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| (...) Actually, it IS downloading the movie, just suggesting the wrong filename. (...) It should be possible to adjust the jump.cgi so that instead of: (URL) would be: (URL) would allow FF to save it as the correct name, while still allowing lugnet (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jul-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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